Travel Blogs from Byala

... interesting Bulgarian beer and the view from the balcony at the back of the place is fantastic, overlooking the valley.
Northern Bulgaria is fantastic, but public transport is something of a mission of changing here and there. Always Cyrillic fun. In ...

What a difference a goods nights sleep can make, even the early morning sun as it poured in through the open windows was appreciated. An hour later I became very worried when I was awoken to the noise of gurgling and an incessantly ringing bell. I ...

I guess I had been overdue a mechanical and I got one. Five miles into the ride and my gear changer broke so that I had to change gear by physically taking my chain and moving it the next chain ring. I was so pissed and to compound this I had taken ...

... had figured out what we were trying to say). All in all it was quick and easy.
Our first stop was the old capital of Bulgaria Veliko Ternovo. It was set in a hilly region on a river that wound its way through the hills. There were no camping grounds ...